Gender and Survival in Soviet Russia - A Life in the Shadow of Stalin's Terror

This first-hand witness account - originally written by Ludmila Miklashevskaya in 1976 and here translated into English by historian Elaine MacKinnon for the first time - tells the important story of one woman''s persecution under Stalin. From Miklashevskaya''s middle-class Jewish childhood in Odessa, to her life in exile as the wife of ''an enemy of the people'' and false imprisonment in a labour camp for the attempted murder of NKVD leader Nikolai Yezhov, to her later attempts at rehabilitation, her memoir is a fascinating tapestry of Soviet artistic, intellectual, and political life set against the tumultuous backdrop of revolutions, wars, and repressive regimes.Accompanied by a translator''s introduction and detailed historical explanatory notes, sheds new light on the relationship between power, gender, and society in 20th-century Russia. This book is thus a vital primary resource for scholars of modern Russian history and gender studies, offering a compelling and personal route into understanding how the machinations of Soviet Russia destroyed everyday life, tearing families apart and leaving scars that never healed.>

Product details

• Authors: Elaine MacKinnon, Ludmila Miklashevskaya, Lyudmila Miklashevskaya
• Assisted by: Elaine MacKinnon (Editor), Elaine (University of West Georgia MacKinnon (Editor), Elaine MacKinnon (Translation), Elaine (University of West Georgia MacKinnon (Translation)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781350139206
• ISBN: 978-1-350-13920-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Library of Modern Russia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Women, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: historical, political and military